6 About 5 million people exercised their right to the half-half co-payment scheme of the government on its first day of implementation, causing over 1 billion baht to change hands.
28 The Energy Policy Administration Committee (EPAC) resolved to terminate biodiesel B10 and introduce biodiesel B5 due to the high price of palm oil.
16 The cabinet allocated 251 million baht from the government’s central fund for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to reinstate the forest guards who had earlier been laid off.
12 The Food and Drug Administration will this week have experts consider the registration of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines made by Sinovac and Sinopharm for administration with people aged 3-17 years.
43 The Central Vaccination Center at the Bang Sue Grand Station invites people to receive the Pfizer vaccine as their fourth jab of COVID-19 vaccination.
13 Officials had yet to determine if oil slicks earlier found on the beach of the Ao Prao bay came from the leakage of an undersea oil pipeline off Map Ta Phut sub-district and the latest survey found no oil slicks on the beach.
11 Thai former WBC super flyweight titlist Srisaket Nakornluang Promotion waited for his second COVID-19 test to confirm if he was infected with the disease.
8 COVID-19 vaccination started for children aged 5-11 years at the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health and parents brought their children there for the inoculation.
17 The cleanup of oil slicks at Mae Ramphueng beach was successful and officials concerned were watching out for possible impacts on the Ao Phrao bay of Ko Samet island, according to the minister of natural resources and environment.
26 Pheu Thai Party’s candidate Surachart Thienthong won a by-election in Constituency 9 with 29,416 votes, according to an unofficial vote result from the Election Commission.
22 Government officials and police arrested many suspects, impounded properties and froze 50 bank accounts with financial transactions worth over 20 billion baht believed to be involved in an online gambling network.
48 The government has readied all systems to resume its quarantine-free Test & Go entry scheme for visitors on Feb 1, according to the government spokesman.
